a huge frustration when trying to eat healthy is knowing what foods are good for you and
which foods are not millions of dollars are spent on fancy marketing trying to
convince you that dangerous foods are actually good for you the foods i'm
about to share with you are undoubtedly the worst foods that are perceived to be healthy
staying healthy should not be so hard but there's an incentive for food companies to deceive you
using labels like all natural or heart healthy labels that have no standards behind them at
all they're just simply slick marketing practices meant to deceive you the buyer it's still to this
day where my wife or i will go to the grocery store in a hurry and we'll grab food and we'll
bring it home thinking it is healthy and then once we look at the label we find out is nothing more
than fake food but the good news is is that today you're going to learn the top healthy foods that
you should absolutely never eat so that you don't make the mistakes that most people do
let's first take a look at processed organic foods you don't want to be duped by this and you
may be thinking to yourself well it's organic it must be healthy right well chips ice cream
french fries and cookies can all be organic and still have ingredients in them that are
detrimental to your health let's take a look at macaroni and cheese made by kraft for instance
they now have an organic version but when you really look at the label and break down the food
that's there well that's a huge load of carbs no vegetables and really hardly any protein at
all or cookies for example some of these organic cookies they have no preservatives in them the
dyes are removed the artificial flavorings removed but it's still a huge load of sugar
that's going to have a negative impact on your metabolism just like any other sugar would when
we see organic it does not mean it's a guaranteed health food it does mean it's a better option
but not a guarantee that it's good for you as a rule of thumb we should always try to
stick to whole foods that are found in nature the next category that i want to focus on is
healthy sweeteners because the reality is is that pretty much anybody embarking on a health journey
finds themselves looking at things like brown rice syrup or agave nectar as a healthier alternative
when in fact they're not many health foods for instance will even use agave nectar claiming
that it's a better option it'll be in many health foods as a core ingredient now the reality of that
is that your agave nectar is in many cases worse off than your typical table sugar and the reason
for this is because agave nectar is 70 to 90 percent fructose which is associated with severe
metabolic issues as my wife and i decided to start transforming our own health and our own diet
one of the first health food shopping trips that we ever made included buying three big
bottles of agave nectar and the reason that we even bought it in the first place was because
some friends of ours who we perceived to be eating really healthy told us it's good for you and so of
course we quickly realized that we should not be eating this stuff but let me know in the comments
below have any your friends or family ever gave you some really poor health advice what was it now
the other sweetener that you may get duped by is brown rice syrup and this has a glycemic index of
98 which means it'll raise your blood sugar extremely rapidly when you consume it and the
other thing that's really bad about it is it's just empty calories meaning that it'll offer
you a whole lot of calories when you eat it but it offers zero nutritional benefit to your body
now look we all like a sweet treat now and again but when looking to alternative sweeteners we
want to use things like xylitol stevia monk fruit erythritol or even allulose now let's talk about
fats low fat reduced fat or even fat free these are all labels that you want to really stay away
from there is no evidence that these foods will improve your health in any way this is possibly
one of the biggest nutritional mistakes ever pushed by major health organizations and one
of the big problems is that once you remove fat from food it takes away the flavor from it so now
after that they fill it full of artificial ingredients and also sugar to make it taste good
again this was all based off very weak evidence that has now been debunked so when you go shopping
make sure that you're always buying full fat foods because your brain health and your cellular health
really needs those good healthy fats next on our list of bad things that are considered healthy for
you is fruit juice or should i say liquid sugar now there's two real problems we face when we talk
about fruit juice first is that many of them are loaded with artificial flavorings colorings and
high fructose corn syrup and do not contain fruit juice in them at all and unfortunately many people
are giving this to their kids now as we look at real fruit juice the problem is that you're
taking all the juice extracted from multiple pieces of fruit and putting it all in one glass
leaving out the beneficial fiber now this was not the way that nature ever intended for us to
consume fruit and when you take a glass of fruit juice it has just as much sugar as a glass of soda
so drink your water and if ever you're craving something sweet then simply eat a piece of fruit
now in the few items that i've mentioned so far many of them have tripped us up at some point when
trying to eat healthy and if not that they were a big part of our childhood now this is why though
it's so key to knowing all the slick marketing practices so that you can avoid the foods that
you absolutely should not eat because it'll be really important for you transforming your health
the next area i really want to focus on is bad fats because i believe personally that the biggest
change that you can make in your diet that will have the biggest impact on your overall health
is removing the bad fats they cause inflammation they're bad for your cardiovascular health they
have an impact on your brain health and even your nervous system some bad fats that you want to stay
away from that are in almost everything because they're very inexpensive are fats like canola
oil cottonseed oil and also soybean oil now in general fats are very good for you but you just
want to make sure that you're choosing the right ones some good options are fats like coconut oil
avocado oil olive oil and also mct oil some other good options are going to be grass-fed butter
ghee lard and also tallow these all have a very positive impact on your overall health you also
have to watch out for this real wolf in sheep's clothing and that is heart healthy grains of
course i mean this is pasted over so many foods in the grocery store and this nutritional lie is
right up there with the one telling you you should consume low fat foods in order to stay healthy
today's grains are inflammatory they're genetically altered they're covered with
pesticides and herbicides and today's whole wheat for instance is so processed that it has
the glycemic index that is very similar to plain old white bread now we also want to realize this
concept is that the grains that we have today are nothing like the same grains that our ancestors
used to consume so we want to stay grain free whenever possible but if you are going to consume
them we want to look to sprouted ancient grains or even an ezekiel bread now these next foods i've
always been skeptical of even when i didn't have a good understanding of what eating healthy was
and that is gluten-free junk foods sure they remove the gluten from it but the fact is is
it's replaced with other flours that are very high glycemic like rice flour and a whole lot of sugar
to make them taste good now we have to realize that gluten-free is not an all-encompassing
label that equals healthy because in many cases you will find preservatives hydrogenated oils
food colorings in a whole lot of high fructose corn syrup in these very foods so gluten is
something that most of us should avoid because it is not healthy for most of us and the reality is
with gluten is that we don't want to be consuming the gluten-free junk foods we want to make sure
that we're finding gluten-free foods found in nature because this is going to be so much better
than these highly processed gluten-free foods that many of these big corporate entities are trying to
sell to you this next one can really mess up your healthy diet simply because as you're trying to
incorporate more leafy greens and vegetables in you're counteracting all your hard work by
putting a low quality salad dressing on top of it yes unfortunately most of the salad dressings
in the grocery store are loaded with artificial colors flavorings ingredients and also a lot of
hydrogenated oils and high fructose corn syrup you know the sugar we said that was the worst for you
and the bad fats that we said were very inflammatory we do not want to be putting those
on our nice fresh bowl of vegetables and so as we look for healthier options one of my favorite
brands right now is primal kitchen okay this is a good quality clean brand that you can trust
another thing that you can do is look throughout your grocery store you will likely find healthier
options or you can just keep it simple and use things like olive oil and vinegar and make your
own salad dressings right at home your health is a direct representation of the foods that you eat
if you want to see your health markers change the next time you get blood work done certainly make
sure that you pay attention to labels when you're at the grocery store and that you're not buying
these fake foods and two key attributes of a good healthy diet are going to be eating grain free and
sugar-free whenever possible try to incorporate more leafy greens and cruciferous vegetables
into your diet they're micronutrient dense and very good for your liver and your gut health put
mcts in your coffee or tea in the morning it's a great way to kick start your day with healthy
fats it'll promote fat burning and also give you instant energy i'll put a link in the description
to the one that i use every day a great way to incorporate more greens into your diet is
by making smoothies and you can even put berries in there which are loaded with antioxidants that
will fight off free radical damage in the body and avoid at all cost prepackaged and highly processed
foods i'm dr zyrowski and it's been a pleasure educating you on how to improve your health
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